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The amazing 3-D chalk art of Julian Beever. A CBS expose.
beingzoe over 1 year ago
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After Stacy posted these amazing pictures of the 2008 Little Italy, San Diego Gesso Chalk Event I was reminded of the brilliant 3-D chalk work of Julian Beever.
I’ve been seeing his 3-D chalk work pop up on the internet for years now.
From the CBS video description on YouTube:
Artist Julian Beever has a knack for allowing his works to literally pop off the ground. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Beever, whose 3-D chalk works have spawned a great deal of internet interest. (CBSNews.com)
Julian’s work besides being absolutely amazing, is an example of how I think the internet is changing the world of art. With a few clicks of the mouse we can wander see the most astounding bits of creativity and art and I’ve often wondered if it is somehow devaluing the arts in some way as we can blitz through breathtaking creation one after the other despite the fact that much of the ‘good’ stuff could take days or years to create (but that is a whole other discussion). I was amused an interested that the CBS expose embedded above makes passing reference to this phenomena in how they frame the piece from the start (though they aren’t making any judgements). Either way I feel lucky to have experienced Julian’s work and glad that I could find this neat expose to share his talents. From the video I get the impression that Julian would disagree with my assertion since as he put it, “If it weren’t for the internet, his work would be unknown.”
Stacy: Thanks for posting those great pics of the San Diego Chalk event and reminding of Julian Beever.
Check out Julian’s official website here.
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over 1 year ago Stacy DeGraffenreid said ...
Thanks for finding this! What amazing talent!! I never really thought of Chalk painting as an art, until this weekend and now that I see Julian’s I am truly amazed!!